that power in Germany has passed to the workers and soldiers.

This radiogram is signed by the Soviet of Sailors' Deputies of Kiel.

Moreover, German soldiers at the front have arrested a peaceful delegation from Wilhelm and have themselves begun negotiations for peace directly with French soldiers.

Wilhelm has abdicated from the throne.

It is necessary to strain all efforts in order to inform the German soldiers in Ukraine of this as soon as possible and advise them to strike at the Krasnovite forces, for then we shall together conquer tens of millions of poods of grain for the German workers and repel the invasion of the English, who are now approaching Novorossiysk with a squadron.

Telegraph confirmation of receipt and execution.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars Lenin

First published in 1933

in Lenin Collection XXI

Printed from the manuscript